The Root Of All Evil / How To Avoid The "Second Death"

The Root of all Evil is not Money. The Root of all Evil is Selfishness.

The idea of the separate Self, the idea that the person in front of you is a separate entity and somehow "different" from you, these ideas drive the belief that there is an "I" as opposed to a "Them". The "I" must be protected at all times from the "Them".

Human-beings are essentially all part of a single organism. The opposition and conflict that humanity engages in has resulted in disorganization and dysfunction within the human organism. Imagine if your hand told the brain, "I want to be the brain", I refuse to be a hand!" Or if the legs were to chime in, "No, that job is best left to me. My talents are wasted in this going to and fro!". Then the arms, and the eyes, and the internal organs all begin to argue the merits of their own individual talents. Meanwhile, the body flops around like a fish out of water, because its constituent parts refuse to work together as designed.

This is what has happened to humanity. We are so busy "doing me", that we are unable to recognize the harm we are doing to the entire human family. Although long ages were spent in developing the individuality in mankind (involution), the time has come for the human race to integrate those individualities into a single, functioning organism (evolution).

Before one can consider walking the Path, one must recognize that one's "I" will have to be left behind. It should be understood that the "me" that we feel the need to protect, please, pamper, exalt, etc., must be allowed to die, to disappear. Without this recognition, any attempt to walk the Path will result in either failure or delusion.

John's symbolic words "He must increase, and I must decrease" are not empty and devoid of meaning. Properly interpreted, they mean that the "I" must make way for The Other One that is attempting to awaken from its aeons-long slumber within the Rose of the Heart, our Divine Spark. The terrestrial self cannot inherit the New Life. That Kingdom is not-of-this-world.

Yes, we've become accustomed to being who we are. We may love ourselves (or not). But we must come to realize that, as personalities, we are but temporary, emergency-order beings. When natural death occurs, resulting in the loss of the physical body, we will return to the reflection-sphere where, one-by-one, we shall lose our etheric, astral and mental bodies, leaving but an emptied microcosm. This is what is known as "the Second Death". The First Death is that of the physical body. The Second Death is the gradual decay of what's left of the more subtle vehicles of the personality as it travels through the etheric, astral and mental regions of the "heaven-worlds".

The emptied microcosm will then be driven to assemble a new personality and re-enter the earth-plane via the agency of natural childbirth. That new personality will not be you or I. It will be a completely new personality who will be burdened with your karma and the karma of all other personalities that previously inhabited the microcosm. It is the microcosm that persists, not the personality.

The only way to avoid this fate is to make the decision to walk the Path of Return. Once the Divine Spark has been awakened and the candidate takes his or her first tottering steps on the Path, the construction of the New Soul begins, which will eventually lead to a reunification with Divine Spirit and the building of a new, glorified Personality. This magnificent process of transmutation can and must begin in the here and now. All that is required is that the candidate gains the proper insight as to his or her true predicament, learns what is required to walk the Path and then dedicates their entire being to completing that Walk.

If one can do this, if one can even lay the very first building stone, then that one can avoid the "Second Death". Upon transition, when the physical body is laid aside, the remaining vehicles of the personality will not shuffle off to the reflection-sphere for its inevitable dissolution, but will take a detour to the Vacuum of Shamballa, the safe haven that exists for the express purpose of taking in those who have begun the mighty process of transfiguration while on the earth-plane. This will be their home. The personality (minus the material body), the "you" that experienced on the earth-plane, will remain intact until the Great Work is completed. At that time, "you" will be merged with the reborn Other One, and will share in the omniscience of the Resurrected One, the True Man.

Please note: one should not choose to walk the Path because it promises to preserve the "I". If one ventures on this Journey with that mindset, he or she will fail miserably. In order to become the last personality in your microcosm, in order to "go no more out", it must be your overwhelming desire, your duty, your prayer, to liberate the Other One within. That should be the Aim. That should be the One Goal. Whatever positive things that happen to impact the personality (good health, etc.) as a result of taking on this glorious Task should be looked upon as fringe benefits for those who have chosen to make the Supreme Sacrifice.

"He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who is victorious will not be harmed by the Second Death." Rev 2:11

all love,

~ g
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The Path To The Heart Of The Universe

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The path to the heart of the universe is one and yet different for every human-being. The meaning is that every human-being himself is that pathway — that pathway which is builded of thought and consciousness and of the fabric of your own being. It is builded of the stuff of the Divine Nature’s heart.

There is a long road; it is also broad. It is the road whereon you have the Divine Nature’s streaming current of energy with you, and following this road you will reach perfection in due time; but this is the road of long-enduring slow evolution, moving ahead little by little in each life, through the incalculable ages.

There is another road, steep and thorny, difficult to follow, but which the Great Ones of the human race have trodden. It is the quick road, but the difficult one. It is the road of self-conquest, the road of the giving up of self for the All, the road by which the personal man becomes the impersonal Buddha, the impersonal Christ; the road by which the love for your own is abandoned, and your whole being becomes filled with love for all things both great and small. It is a difficult road to follow, for it is the road of initiation; it is the steep and thorny pathway to the gods; for when you climb the heights of Olympus you must tread the pathway as there it lies before you.

Beautiful are the pathways, sublime the goal, and quick the feet of them who follow the way of the Still, Small Voice Within, which way leadeth to the heart of the universe. This is the core of the messages of the great Mysteries of antiquity — the union of the simple human being with his Divine Source, with the root of himself, linked as that is with the All, for that core is a spark of the Central Fire, a spark of Divinity; and this spark is in everyone.

Divinity is at the heart of you. It is the root of you. It is the core of the core of your being; and you can ascend along the pathway of the spiritual self, passing veil after veil of obscuring selfhood, until you attain unity with that inner Divinity. That is the most sublime adventure known to man — the study of the self of man.

Thus you will climb the mountains not merely of Parnassus and of Olympus, but you will in time, by following this inner pathway of self-knowledge, grow so greatly in understanding and in Inner Vision, that your eyes will take in ranges and sweeps of Inner Light, unveiling to you holiest and the most beautiful, mysteries of the boundless universe.

The first step on the pathway to the heart of the universe is to recognize the Truth that all comes from within. All the inspirations of genius, all the great thoughts which have made and unmade civilizations, all the wonderful messages that have been delivered by the Great Ones of the earth to their fellow human beings — all these come forth from Within. The battle of union, towards union, for union, with your own inner god, is more than half won when you recognize this Truth.

How splendid is the pathway seen after that! How glorious is it! Leading ever more inward and inward, which is the same as saying upward and upward, ever higher and higher, till you become at one with your own kin — the gods — who are the governors and rulers of the universe, and of whom men are the children.

The inmost of the inmost of you is a god, a living Divinity; and from this Divine Source there flow downwards into your human mentality all the things that make men great, all the things that give rise to Love and mighty Hope and Inspiration and Aspiration, and noblest of all, Self-sacrifice.

In yourself lie all the mysteries of the universe. Through your Inner Self, your spiritual nature, you have a road reaching to the very heart of the universe. If you travel that road leading ever Within, if you can go into yourself, go behind veil after veil of selfhood, deeper and deeper into yourself, you go deeper and deeper into the wondrous mysteries of Universal Nature.

Knowing yourself, you progress more quickly than the average running of the evolutionary course; and when this pace is quickened to the utmost, there are initiations, short cuts in fact, but only for those who are fit and ready to take these difficult, very difficult, short cuts. Growth proceeds step by step.

This pathway is spoken of as a road, yet it is the unlocking of the heart of man — not the physical heart, but the heart of his being, the essence of the man; in other words the unlocking and development of his spiritual and intellectual and psychical powers and faculties. This is the doctrine of the heart, the Secret Doctrine, the doctrine which is hid. The eye doctrine is that which can be seen and is more or less open.

The same Universal Life flows through all things that are. The same stream of consciousness which flows in the mighty Whole and through the mighty Whole of the universe, flows therefore through man, an inseparable portion of that universe. This means that there is a Pathway by which you may come into intimate relation with The Heart of the Universe itself; and that Pathway is you, your own inner being, your own inner nature, your Spiritual self. Not the self of ordinary physical man, which self is just a poor reflection of the spiritual brilliance within, but that Inner Self of pure consciousness, pure Love for all that is, unstained by any earthly taint — your Spiritual being.

From "The Path to the Heart of the Universe" - G. De Purucker

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The Call

"When at last—at last—we have become wearied to death, sick at heart and despairing, staring with eyes that do not see into the drab misery and dreariness of this existence, of this existence without purpose, without sense, light, nor deliverance, then … then the “Inner Light” speaks to us from out of the Spirit-spark Atom.

Only then can the “Inner Light” speak to us. Then It calls us and only then do we understand Its continual urge to Awaken, the longing for Deliverance, and for the truly liberating Light. Then the liberating Call: “Awake, O Sleeper, arise from the dead and Christ shall shine over you,” will become real to us."
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The Perfect Triangle

"The body of man must be regarded as a holy temple, a shrine of the Divine, the most marvelous House of God that exists, fairer far than the fairest temple raised with hands. For this natural temple which the Divine has wrought, is a copy of the Great Image, the Temple of the Universe in which the Son of God, the Man, dwells.

Every atom of every group of atoms, every limb and joint and organ, is laid down according to the Divine Plan; the body is an image of the Great Seal, Heaven-and-Earth, male-female in one.

But how few know or even dream of the possibilities of this living temple of the Divine! We are sepulchres, for our bodies are half-atrophied, alive only to the things of Death, and dead to the things of Life.

The Gnosis of the Mind thus teaches us to let the Life flow into the dead channels of our corporeal nature, to invoke the Breath of God to enliven the substance of our frames, that so the Divine Quickener may first bring to birth in us our Other Self, our long-lost Spouse.

And then we may ourselves with ungrudging love bring our True Selves to birth, so becoming regenerate or reborn, the Perfect Triangle, body-soul-spirit, jeweled with all three sparks of perfected manhood."

- George R.S. Mead, Echoes of the Gnosis
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Awakening The Divine Spark

Once one becomes aware of the fact that he or she carries a Spirit-spark atom and obtains an inkling of the possibilities that can be realized by activating the power of that Atom, the natural urge is for one to think something like, "Oooh, that sounds so cool! I want to do that!".

Be advised that embarking upon the Path to Liberation is not the same thing as taking a yoga class, or learning how to read astrological natal charts, or mastering the art of astral travel, or any of the popular occult and New Age roads to "enlightenment". Choosing to walk the Path of Return is not a speculative venture. One cannot approach it with an attitude of "let me try that and see what happens". It requires the complete and steadfast dedication of the candidate as well as an understanding of what must be relinquished in order to obtain the Great Goal.

Although desire to awaken the Spark is to be applauded, that desire must originate from the proper cause. One must have a better reason than mere experimentation to want to take this step.

If, despite all trials and tribulations, one is comfortable with living in this world, that one is not ready.

If it is a goal to do all that one can to "make the world a better place", that one is not ready.

If one is determined to use any and all occult means to get to the heart of physical reality in the hope of transcending physical reality, that one is not ready.

If one blesses the world and all of its "gifts" and accepts his or her lot in life without complaint in expectation of a reward after death, that one is not ready.

But...

If one has sought the Truth, has studied the world that is hidden from view and found the world wanting,

If one has discovered that everything about this life is "vanity and vexation", as the Buddha stated,

If one is thoroughly tired and exhausted from living on a treadmill of tears,

If one has tried everything possible to obtain peace, enlightenment, true Knowledge and failed,

If one has reached a border region, an end to hope and desires, desiring with every atom of his or her being to be released from this Lie and shown the Truth,

If one strives to obtain the Insight necessary to enable him or her to see the world as it truly is,

If one, once achieving insight, begins to Yearn from the heart to leave everything of this world to permanently return to the Divine realms,

If one accepts that the personality must be sacrificed, completely erased in order to obtain the Great Goal, and accepts that requirement unconditionally,

...then that one is ready.

"Go, sell all that you have, and follow Me".

Insight and Yearning for salvation from this fallen existence, if true and sincere, will result in an awakening of the Spark. Once one begins to yearn for the things that are not-of-this-world, that which is not-of-this-world will come for him or her. The Gnosis will reach out to the awakened heart.

"I will set out and go back to my Father and say to him: Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son; make me like one of your hired servants.’ So he got up and went to his Father.

But while he was still a long way off, his Father saw him and was filled with compassion for him; he ran to his son, threw his arms around him and kissed him."

If one is happy here on Earth, there is no shame. One will eventually learn over the course of perhaps many future lives, that the only purpose of Earth-life is to reveal to the human-being that he or she does not want to live on Earth, but wishes to return to a Divine Home that he cannot see, but knows must exist.

If one is desperately unhappy here, but at a complete loss as to which direction to turn to next, when all attempts crumble to dust in one's hands and one realizes that the material world has no lasting answers, that one will "lift up his or her eyes to the Hills, from whence their help will come".

Once you reject this world, and all the matter therein, the Divine Realm will approach you with open arms.

~ g
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God Within

For those who lament that God is nowhere to be found, seek understanding.

God, the Ineffable Nameless One, the Father-Mother, created all there is from Itself. How could it be otherwise? If the Ineffable had to gather materials from somewhere else to create the Omniverse, that would imply that there was something greater than God, for where would that other material have come from?

The All emanated the Omniverse from Itself. This means that every atom, every atom of every created and uncreated thing in every universe not only contains God, but is God.

So, then why are we here in these seemingly inadequate material bodies? Surely we, as flawed and fallen creatures cannot be made up of God-atoms?

Well, yes, we are.

"In Him we live, and move, and have our being" Acts 17:28

In the Omniverse, Original Divine Matter vibrates at different frequencies and wave-lengths. The lower the frequency, the further away from The One we are. We essentially "lose touch" with God, as we are no longer consciously linked with the Divine Frequency.

Thankfully, when the human life-wave fell into this Physical Plane frequency, each microcosm carried within its center a single tiny atom that retained its link with the Divine. This link was feeble, but it was a link. This wonderful atom is known as the Spirit-spark Atom, the Divine Spark, the Jewel in the Lotus. It is also known as The Rosebud, for as it sleeps, its seven petals have tightly drawn closed.

It is God Within.

"The Kingdom of God is in your midst" Luke 17:21

That's "midst", as in the center of your microcosm.

The powers of this Atom are in latency. The Atom is asleep, as it were, narcotized and muffled by the coarse, low-frequency vibrations of this Physical Realm. It is like a man trying to speak as a train roars into a station, or as a jet plane takes off. His mouth will move, but no one is going to hear him.

As it is a Divine God-Atom, the powers that it contains are beyond description. These powers cannot be expressed on this plane of existence, for if this Atom were to be split by force, a great conflagration would arise. You've seen what happened with the splitting of the atomic and hydrogen bombs. Well, that is only an inkling of the power that is locked up within the Divine Atom.

The Spirit-spark Atom has to be awakened slowly, systematically, and according to a formula. If the Rosebud is allowed to unfold properly, the result will be the rebirth of the soul, a purified microcosm, and a re-establishment of a link with Spirit, which is a link with God.

You are not just a bag of flesh and bones, doomed to slave and suffer in sorrow until the grave beckons. You are a Prodigal Child of God, who carries within your microcosm everything that you will need to restore your Godhood!

This Divine Atom does not respond to vibrations of this nature-order. So it will not awaken by meditation, or concentration, or any of the many occult methods of achieving "enlightenment". It will only respond to the touch of the Divine Radiation. This is so because like will always attract like. Therefore, the seeker must find a way to attract a radiation that is not-of-this-world. This Divine Radiation must be enabled to make contact with the Spirit-spark Atom. That is the starting point. That is the beginning and the genesis of The Coming New Man.

~ g
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Free Me

"Free me then, O Lord, from the bondage of the body, that I may show others how to free themselves"

~ Paramahansa Yogananda
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Salvation Without Perspiration

The following post is in response to a comment submitted by Graph Ft Cash. The response was too large to fit in the Comments Section. ~ g

My friend,

With all respect due you, the mark is missed only by those who subscribe to the fallacious and erroneous dogma of "Vicarious Atonement", which maintains that the Christ “died for our sins”. This is the Church’s E-Z Path to Salvation, which teaches that because the Christ did all the work, mankind doesn’t have to do anything.

The E-Z Path to Salvation is quite popular with today’s Christians because it relieves them from having to do any work whatsoever. What for? You’re already saved! You’re Heaven-bound! You’re already seated at the right hand of the Father. Your sins were “washed away" 2,000 years ago. All you have to do is go to church once a week, wag your finger at those who don’t, and set yourself up as The Only Sinless Man In The World.

Those who ascribe to such thinking reveal a complete lack of spiritual maturity. If the sins of mankind were “washed away” 2,000 years ago then what is to be done about the sins that mankind is committing in the present-day? Do they not count as sins? Are we given a free pass due to the "sacrifice of the Lamb" 2,000 years ago? If so, maybe that is why we have perpetual war, rapes, murders, child molestations, priestly misconduct, rampant counter-natural sexual behavior, gluttony, selfishness, etc., etc., etc.? Apparently, today's evil acts have all been forgiven-in-advance (Oops, sorry about that knife in your back, buddy, but I have this Free Pass...). Does the Christ have to come back and repeat His sacrifice of 2,000 years ago?

If you are already “sitting at the right-hand of God” then what are you doing here in physical manifestation? Those who are seated at the right hand of the Father “will go no more out”. What are you doing here in this hell?

"The Shedding of the Blood". "The Forgiveness of Sins". "Grace". “Consummatum Est!”. It is apparent that you have absolutely no idea of the true meaning behind any of these concepts. You repeat only what you have been indoctrinated to repeat by your controllers. You adhere tightly to the Church’s interpretation of such concepts and thus accept stones for bread.

You have been lied to, my friend. The nature-born, aeonic Church, which has been the enemy of the Christ since its inception, has blinded you and billions of other well-meaning, earnestly seeking souls with falsehoods, distortions and platitudes; all with the express aim of putting you to sleep spiritually and thereby discouraging you from Seeking and finding the actual Truth. You have been taught that you are already "there", that you have no further steps to take, and that the Church must be the intercessor between you and God.

You are welcome to continue to rest on your unearned laurels, but contrary to what you stated, there is PLENTY of work to be done, by those who recognize that the Christ only paved the way. It is we ourselves who must now locate and travel the Path of Return, the Path that was carefully laid out for us to follow by the Living Example that He set for us, and by the deeper teachings of the gnosis that He gave to His core disciples (“milk for the babes, meat for the strong”).

As for the choice of who this writer will “serve”, that choice has already been made. You do not recognize my choice because you are blinded by the deceptive theology of Churchianity, which is in complete antithesis with the Gnosis, and has been for over 2,000 years.

You characterize salvation as a Free Gift. Free Gift? There may be a Gift awaiting us, but it is certainly not “free”, my friend. Salvation must be earned. Each of us put ourselves into the position that we find ourselves in today. Each of us must find our way out of it. The Christ made things easier for future mankind by taking away a third of the power of the aeons, but the real work He left up to future mankind. This brings to mind an old axiom: “God will work with you. He will not work for you”.

That said, you are where you are and you are comfortable with your spiritual location. You have lost the desire to Seek, and have allowed the Truth to flee from you. Perhaps in some future life, after returning from the sham-heaven of the reflection-sphere yet again, you will finally be successful in finding the Key That Unlocks All Doors.

May you be blessed to someday find the Path that leads to The Good End.

~ g
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The Time Is NOW

This writer may, at times, sound like a man crying in the wilderness. So what. It does not matter how this one is perceived. The Call must go out to all who can receive it. Mankind has been lulled to sleep by the heavy narcotic of earth's pseudo-reality. Man believes that he is alive, when he is, in fact, living-dead.

Man believes this life is reality, when it is, in fact, not real.

Man believes whatever his authorities tell him, because he does not have the insight nor the will to seek answers for himself.

Man rejects the things of the Spirit because he refuses to accept as true that which he cannot see with his physical eyes.. Therefore, man only sees one-half of the Reality.

Man is afraid of so-called death, because he has completely forgotten that there is no such thing as death.

The curtain has fallen on Man's memory. Thus, Man forgets that he is an immortal being, trapped in a mortal world.

Man persecutes and ridicules those who are sent to open his eyes. He has lived in the Lie for so long, the Truth appears as utterly preposterous.

Man does not accept that he can, yea, must escape this world of death. He cannot see what is just over the Horizon, and so, in abject fear, he chooses to remain where he is, rooted to the spot, frozen in terror.

We are here to spread the word to all of mankind, to all Spirit-spark human-beings. Awaken!! Arise from your slumber! There is a World above and beyond this one. It is a world of Eternity, of Love, and of Power. It is a world that you have left behind in a past so far distant that it now seems to be science fiction.

Awaken!! You are being cultivated like cattle, your astral energy is being siphoned off by beings who cannot exist without your unwitting cooperation! Earth's myriad distractions are being used to prevent you from discovering the Path that would lead you back to Safety and Joy!

Awaken!! Why do you think the Christ was terrorized, plotted against and assassinated? Because he said nice things and performed a few magic tricks? No!! It was because he held the Keys to Escape from earth, the prison-world of the aeons. He taught Liberation! To those who would listen and were ready to take that step, he imparted the Gnosis, the True Knowledge of and with God. This Knowledge ensures the destruction of the aeons of this nature. This Knowledge enables the fallen to become Children of God once more.

The Word must continue to be spread. Even if only one Seeker hears and obeys, that is one more fallen Spirit-spark human-being that will be snatched from the clutches of the archons of the aeons. Each time one of us escapes the physical world, the aeons of this nature are weakened, for they are deprived of an energy source.

There are things occurring in our atmosphere that clearly indicate that these Times are hurtling to a close. Like a crucial game of cosmic Musical Chairs, whatever level of vibration your microcosm is at when the music stops is where the next many millions of years of your future evolution will lie. You have the opportunity now to take a giant leap in evolution. Will it be Eternity, or will it be a fall backwards into the Pit, the Pit of Hell known as physical "life".

No one can make this choice for you. Each must choose. Each will have his own result.

The long Cosmic Night is over. The New Dawn is here.

W-A-K-E    U-P.

~ g
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Hold Fast

"The Pupil should not mourn about passing distress and deceptions...often they can effect a direct destruction in his Inner Being. He should always allow the waves of Doubt and Unrest to wash over him, while continuously holding on to the Anchor he has found."

As repeatedly mentioned in this blog to those who have embarked upon the Path: no matter how you fail, or how many times you fail, never give up. That is exactly what the aeons of this nature-order want you to do! Always continue on. Maintain your focus on the Path you have chosen and the Goal that is within reach. You are not unworthy of Transfiguration. In fact, you are eminently worthy of the Divine Promise by way of your lost birthright, which has been found once more.

It is your Destiny to return to the Divine Kingdom as Children of God once more, as Sons of the Fire. You are not fighting to obtain something that you have never had. You are striving to regain that which has always been yours: eternal life in the True, Divine Universe that is not-of-this-world.

The prerequisite for success in this endeavor is to release your attachment to the things of this world, no matter how much they attempt to lure you back into their clutches. Focus your desires on those things which are not-of-this-world. As stated in the Holy Language of all ages, "Wherever your heart's desire is, therein lies your Treasure".

So, hold on.

~ g
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Lost

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Man is not expected to achieve perfection here on Earth, but only to seek it. What is expected of him is a sincere and honest effort without any hypocritical or deceptive reservations. The Divine Design requires that Man make a conscious choice of Right under the constant pressure of temptation to do otherwise. This also leaves man free to choose Wrong.

Man chooses Wrong instead of Right for just two reasons: either it's the easy path of least resistance, or it is the most alluring. Consequently, the Good Religion must first concern itself with establishing strength of character and moral backbone, for these form the only foundation upon which the Palace of Spirituality can be erected.

Long ages ago, Man took the wrong path and was led astray still further by guides with insufficient knowledge of The Way. They knew the general direction, but their maps were faulty. Now Man is lost in the swamps of spiritual bitterness and the marshes of moral decay. His vision cannot penetrate the thick mists of mortal and material illusions which have closed in upon him. He has lost all confidence in his guides and feels betrayed, abandoned and lonely.

The Lost Wayfarer must be revived with a draught of moral courage. He must be strengthened and revitalized with a belief which gives him spiritual backbone. The religions which pander to the weak characters, to the meek and servile, the ignorant and unthinking, must be discarded. Man must be given what he needs, not what he deserves. He must be taught the Meaning and Purpose of Life, so that he no longer wastes it.

He must know that whatever befalls him on Earth is either decreed or the result of his own actions, but that it may be utilized to his benefit elsewhere. Now, as always, Man is taught to seek inspiration outside of himself. In the Light of the New Dawn he must be taught to seek his inspiration from the Divinity within himself.

From the Book of Wisdom: Chapter 21 - The Kolbrin

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Signs Of The (End) Times

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A Roman soldier who hailed from Gaul spoke up, saying, "It is foolishness and futile to set one against the other, for men cannot write with swords, or fight with quills or writing reeds. Let men become brothers, as they await the day of The Awakener. Tell me good Master, when shall the end be?"

Jesus answered, "There will be an end to the Beginning and men will know this by the spirit of the times. Men will no longer be as brothers, nor will they be manly. Women will be as men as men will be as women. Adultery will not be condemned, nor will fornication, therefore they will flourish. Men will not honor their homelands and there will be no discrimination among them. Fathers will not be honored, nor mothers respected, and children will be raised to be wayward. Perversions will be encouraged and criminals will mock the law.

There will be incest and rape and it will be unsafe to walk abroad. Floods, famines, droughts and earthquakes will cause death and destruction. Strange sicknesses will smite the people  and there will be a denial of God. Babes will be slain in the womb.

Men will lust after the wives of other men and marriage shall lose its meaning. Women will go to the marriage table unchaste and with deceit in their hearts. Their husbands, creatures of pity, will hear the mocking voices of laughing men. Priests will defile their altars with their impurity and rulers will be held in little repute. It is not God who marks the end days, but Man, who lives as though setting a pitfall for himself."

Chapter 3 - Jesus (Part 2) - The Britain Book - The Kolbrin

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Spot-on.

~ g
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Doomsday Survivors

That's what we are.

The Earth has experienced many cataclysms in her past. These were calamitous global events whose purpose was to eradicate all evil from the material-sphere and the reflection-sphere. In cyclic fashion, both Earth-planes are cleansed, and returned to a pristine state for a period of time. Gradually, Man's erroneous thinking once again pollutes the twin-spheres of the Earth to the point where they must be swept clean again. Destruction, then renewal; destruction, then renewal. This is the pattern.

Prior to the end of the destruction phase, a Remnant is always segregated from those who are to perish. The Remnant is made up of those who have kept God's Laws, who are walking the Path of the True Way, or who are earnestly attempting to do so. These ones are warned in advance and a place is prepared for them. The Holy Language refers to this place of refuge as an 'ark'. Those on the Path with knowledge of these things will know that the 'ark' is a symbolic reference to locations such as Shamballa, also known as The White Island and The Imperishable Sacred Land.

We can be fairly certain that we are not a part of the remnant that was saved from the prior destruction. If we were, we wouldn't be here. It is more likely that we are among those who perished, those whose microcosms were wiped clean in order to enable us to begin again. The Remnant are removed from the physical plane. Its members will return to the physical plane only if doing so is in the best interests of fallen mankind, or if there is a specific task that needs to be performed for the benefit of humanity.

Thus, we are doomsday survivors. We have experienced repeated end-time scenarios, have had countless confrontations with The Destroyer, and have continuously failed to learn the lesson put before us. Slaves to our unholy self-will, we have stubbornly failed to make the Liberating Choice.

We are now at the end of yet another World-Cycle. We are once again facing a Choice between True Life and Living Death. Will we choose to remain bound to the Earth and hypnotized by all that it has to offer, both 'good' and 'bad'? Or will we make the Right Choice, the One Choice, the Only Choice, and seek the Path that will lead us out of Darkness and back into the Light?

~g
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Resolutions To Keep Along The Way

[QUOTING]

My duty is to learn and understand the Holy Writ, so that I may direct my children by its Light. I acknowledge that only by example can I be a true and worthy exponent.

The faith I hold shall not be something imprisoned within my thoughts, but something lived and expressed in deeds. I give thanks for the knowledge that I am a Living Soul, but I know full well the responsibility I bear towards my Future Being. I will not be a disgrace to the Earth when I pass to the Greater Realm beyond.

I shall not seek to blame others for my own failures. I shall be ever-mindful of the good things in Life and be grateful for them. I shall suffer adversity and affliction with fortitude, rising above them and not cringing before them like a dog under the stick of his master. Doubts, fears, unnatural desires and inhuman urges may lurk along my Path, like forest demons which waylay those who travel, but I shall overcome them.

I recognize that my Soul and Body compete for satisfaction of their separate desires. I know that each day the Body dies a little, that every day draws it nearer to the Dark Shore. Therefore, I will follow the precepts of Prudence, and each and every day will be a step forward in the awakening of my Soul. I shall not punish my True Self for the sake of a decaying body.

I will live in the Light as revealed in the Holy Writ, the Written Light as revealed to the Brothers of the Book.

From "The Book of the Sons of Fire - Chapter 18 - The Masiba Amendments" - The Kolbrin

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A Portion Of Time

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Read, O children of the Unborn Years, and absorb the wisdom of the past, which is your heritage. The enlightening words from the past, which is to you, in days so far away and yet, in Truth, so near.

We are taught that we live forever, and this is true, but it is equally true that no moment of life must be wasted; for each hour and day on Earth is a shaping for the future. We are the inheritors of a portion of time, we can dissipate it on futile things or utilize it to our everlasting benefit.

In the days of our fathers, before barren teachings clogged the thoughts of men, and vain formal ritual built a wall which obscured Understanding, men walked in the light of the Truth. Then they knew that there was One God alone, but because they allowed their higher abilities to fall into disuse, they saw less clearly. Because He appeared in different aspects, they thought He was many.

Now, in our days, God has many varied forms in the eyes of men and each declares he alone knows the true name and likeness of God. Here all men fall into error, though all have spoken truly according to their understanding. But Truth can never bow to the limited understanding of man, the comprehension of man must expand to grasp it.

From "Chapter 3 - Flood of Atuma" Book of Gleanings - The Kolbrin

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The Frightener

Artist's depiction of The Destroyer

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I am the prophet to tell men of The Frightener, though many generations will pass before it appears. It will be a thing of monstrous greatness arising in the form of a crab, first its body will be red, then green, then blue. It will spread destruction across the Earth, running from sunrise to sunset.

It will come in the Days of Decision, when men are inflicted with spiritual blindness, when one ignorance has been replaced with another, when men walk in darkness and call it Light. In those days, men will yearn after pleasure and comfort , they will go down roads of ease, encouraged by women incapable of inspiring them towards The Upward Path.

There will be disbelief in spiritual things, but this will proceed from ignorance, it will be a thing of the lips, for disbelief is not in the heart and nature of man. No matter how much a man cries out his disbelief, in times of turmoil, in strange and unfamiliar surroundings, when frightened by the unknown, he turns to spiritual things for comfort and strength.

In the days of The Great Conflict do not pray that the Supreme Spirit be on your side, this would be a futile waste of time. Pray, rather, that you be on the Right Side, the side of the Supreme Spirit.

Hear my voice, for I tell of things to come. There will be no great signs heralding the coming of The Frightener, it will come when men are least prepared. It will come when they seek only worldly things. In those days, men will be falling away from manliness and women from womanliness. It will be a time of confusion and chaos.

I have warned of The Frightener. I have done what I am charged to do.

From "Teachings of Elidor - 6" - Book of the Silver Bough: Chapter 7 - The Kolbrin

Then came the day when all things became still and apprehensive, for God caused a sign to appear in the Heavens, so that men should know that the Earth would be afflicted, and the sign was a strange star.

The star grew and waxed to a great brightness and was awesome to behold. It put forth horns and sang, being unlike any other ever seen. So men, seeing it, said among themselves, 'Surely, this is God appearing in the Heavens above us'. The star was not God, though it was directed by His design, but the people had not the wisdom to understand.

Then God manifested Himself in the Heavens. His voice was as the roll of thunders and He was cloaked with smoke and fire. He carried lightning in His hand and His breath, falling upon the Earth, brought forth brimstone and embers. His eye was a black void and His mouth an abyss containing the winds of Destruction. He encircled the whole of the Heavens, bearing upon His back a black robe adorned with stars.

Such was the likeness and manifestation of God in those days. Awesome was His countenance, terrible His voice of wrath, the sun and the moon hid themselves in fear and there was a heavy darkness over the face of the Earth.

"Book of Creation - Chapter 4 - Affliction of God" - The Kolbrin

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Celestial object captured on Google Sky

~ g
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The Reality Of The Unreality

"All changes. The world is an illusion." - The Treatise On Resurrection - Nag Hammadi Library

That which is Real is permanent. It is eternal and does not perish. This is what establishes its Reality.

That which changes is Unreal. It is temporary, subject to perishability. Its impermanence is proof of its Unreality. If something is here one moment and then gone or changed in the next moment, that thing is an Illusion. Any magician can attest to that fact.

The material-sphere falls within the realm of Illusion. It is not Real, as it does not meet the definition of Reality. This can be proven by making the simplest of observations.

A ripe fruit falls from a tree. No matter how one may try to preserve it, eventually that fruit will fall victim to the natural process of decay and disintegrate into its constituent atoms. The fruit was never Real.

A child is born, delicate and small. Immediately, it embarks upon unceasing changes of the body, from infant, to adolescent, to young adulthood, etc., eventually reaching old age. Where is the child that was born? It no longer is, for it has changed. The child was never Real.

The reflection-sphere, the so-called 'heaven-world', which is, in fact, simply a temporary home for the so-called 'dead', is also not Real. After death, the physical body is dropped, but the etheric, astral and mental bodies continue on to travel through the different levels of the reflection-sphere. As the remains of the personality approach each higher level, a vehicle is dropped: the etheric body dissolves prior to entering the astral realm, because the etheric body cannot thrive in the astral realm due to incompatibility of vibration. The astral body is dropped as the remains of the personality approach the mental realm, finally, the mental body is dropped at the doorstep of the causal plane. Divested of the subtle bodies, all that remains of the physical personality are the permanent atoms, which store the experiences, attributes and karma of the personality.

Eventually, unfinished business on the earth-plane, karmic debts and/or desire for the sensory stimulation of physical life will prompt the microcosm to adopt a new personality, which will be inserted into the physical realm via the agency of childbirth. Thus, the circle is closed and the process of Rising-Shining-Fading begins anew. The Wheel of Death and Rebirth rolls on. This illustrates the temporal nature of the "eternal heavenly reward" that the churches pound into the heads of their blind sheep. It is not permanent. It is not Real.

The physical Earth serves as a home for human life-waves for a cycle of time. At a given point, the Earth is destroyed, not as an act of terror or punishment, but as a farmer would plow under his fields to prepare them for a new season of growing. Everything about the Earth is in a state of constant change. Earth-life is, in essence, an illusion.

So, what is Real? What is Lasting? What is Permanent?

There is a Kingdom above our Physical Realm, in which Imperishability is the hallmark. There is no death there. There is no decay. There is no endless cycle of Rising-Shining-Fading. This Divine Realm is. It lives in the womb of Eternity. There is only an eternal process of evolution, of moving from power to power, and from glory to glory.

This is where we, as spirit-spark human-beings, emanated. It is to this realm that we must return. The Path of Return provides us with the method and the way.

All those who accept and nurture the power of the Gnosis - the Christ-power - are granted the ability to become Children of God again.

Again.

~ g
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Starting Over

[QUOTING]

We live in a field of genesis in which the Original, pure fiery astral forces still go on performing their task. However, through the misuse of astral forces of which all dialectical mankind is guilty, there comes a point when the earth's astral sphere becomes so dark, so full of devilishness, so laden with absurdity and depravity, and the material-field of life degenerates into a region of so much blood and tears, that it can no longer be tolerated. For what develops in the astral sphere must manifest itself on earth.

And when you become involved with a particular astral force, this has to manifest itself in your life and in your body. The result is that, in the end, the earth, the creation-field of the World, has to be thoroughly purified, right from the astral sphere to the material sphere. All microcosms present in it are then emptied of their uncleanliness and brought into a state of forgetfulness. All microcosms are divested of their karma. They have to begin anew; for the Logos does not forsake the work of His hands.

In this way, the Original, embryonic process of genesis can take place again, right from the beginning. How much time can be lost in this way! But nevertheless, thanks be to God, each new microcosmic re-animation represents a new opportunity for the entity concerned.

From "Black Demonism" The Egyptian Arch-Gnosis, Vol. III - Jan van Rijckenborgh

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Drinks Are On Hermes

After so much harm has been inflicted upon the human race,
I, Hermes, being the Primordial Fount,
Flow forth here as a Healing Remedy,
According to Divine decree
And assisted by The Art.

Let him who can, drink of Me.
Let him who will, cleanse himself in Me.
Let him who dares, stir Me.

Drink, brothers, and Live.
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Radiation And Rebirth

If one has any doubt about the ability of a Divine radiation, the Gnosis, to penetrate and awaken the power of the latent, sleeping Divine Spark, perhaps the following may be of help.

The key word in the previous sentence is the word 'radiation', the definition of which, follows:

Radiation

a.the process in which energy is emitted as particles or waves.
b.the complete process in which energy is emitted by one body, transmitted through an intervening medium or space, and absorbed by another body.

Every second of every day we are bombarded with multiple radiations. Some of these radiations we absorb and assimilate, with or without some measure of difficulty or dis-ease. Other types of radiation pass through us without notice.

At this very moment scores of different types of radiation are streaming through your physical, etheric, astral and mental bodies. There are the more mundane ones, such as radio, telephone and wireless transmissions. Then you have etheric, astral and mental radiations emanating from the light-vestures of incarnate human-beings and from entities beyond-the-veil. Beyond that, you have inter-cosmic radiations from planetary bodies and star systems.

Yes, the stars do emit energies and these energies find their way to you. You cannot 'feel' them the way that you 'feel' the light that comes from our nearest star, the Sun, because you do not yet have senses that are attuned to detect and inform you of such subtle radiations. This does not mean that these radiations do not have any effect on you, the human-being. It just means that you are presently unaware of their influences or their origins.

From planetary systems and star-systems we can extend this phenomena to include the influences of nebulas, quasars, supernovas, galaxies and higher planes of existence. Cosmic Domains above our 7th also radiate energies to us. It is from these higher densities of the All-Manifestation that the pure Christine radiations originate.

Here on earth, humanity is immersed in these radiations. This is especially true now that we have reached the end of a major world-cycle. A cosmic revolution is taking place that is pouring unprecedented quantities of this Divine radiation upon mankind. This is the Age of Aquarius, the symbol of which is that of a man with a pitcher, pouring out Living Water.

'It will be in the last days, says God, that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh...' Acts 2:17

The radiations of the Gnosis surround and interpenetrate all microcosms. Some may ask: if this is so, then why isn't all of humanity on the Path? It is because man does not properly utilize these energies for the purpose they were intended for. A Divine energy cannot be harmoniously assimilated by an un-divine personality. There is but one way for a personality to trap and make use of these Divine radiations. He or she must awaken the only part of them that has an affinity for these Divine radiations. He or she must awaken the sleeping Spark in the center of the microcosm, the Divine Atom that is aligned with the human heart.

If one can succeed in experiencing this special awakening, the Divine radiations will then have a place to go. They will no longer pass through the human-being or cause disruption to the human system. Instead, a process begins whereby the amount and quality of these radiations will increase and take up residence in the microcosm. If the candidate is aware of the requirements of the Path and consciously walks it, the Gnostic light-power will begin its work of transforming the astral, mental and etheric bodies. The light-vesture of the candidate will undergo a gradual purification. The weaving of the Golden Wedding Garment will be the final result. With this garment, the candidate will be able and prepared to meet the Bridegroom.

To "meet the Bridegroom" simply means that the reborn Soul will reunite with Spirit, which is the prerequisite for the ultimate transfiguration of the microcosm.

~ g
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What Will You Do With This Life?

What do you do with the life that you have received?
Do you give it back, after the allotted years,
Crippled,
After working, eating, drinking, 'happiness',
After the Game of Good and Bad Fortune?
And you end up Unconscious,
Just as you began?

Or do you dare
To take the Upward Journey?
Wearisome, perhaps, but certain step-by-step
Of being conscious in Spirit, Soul and Body
Through Will, Wisdom and Activity.
In accepting everything
While knowing that nothing is without meaning.

Say farewell in Seven Spirals
Constantly more sublime,
By which, unknowing, the Straight Path appears
For the Spiritual Being whom you truly are,
Who, above dying nature
Enters into the Fields of Birth,

So Giving
Is Living.

The Utimate Question

What do you do with the life that you have received?
Do you give it back, after the allotted years,
Crippled,
After working, eating, drinking, 'happiness',
After the Game of Good and Bad Fortune?

And you end up Unconscious,
Just as you began?
Or do you dare
To take the Upward Journey?
Wearisome, perhaps, but certain step-by-step
Of being conscious in Spirit, Soul and Body
Through Will, Wisdom and Activity.

In accepting everything
While knowing that nothing is without meaning.
Say farewell in Seven Spirals
Constantly more sublime,
By which, unknowing, the Straight Path appears
For the spiritual being whom you truly are,
Who, above dying nature
Enters into the Fields of Birth,

So Giving
Is Living.

Atrocity And Detachment

Atrocities across the globe are coming so fast now that it is almost impossible to keep up. Awful doings have become so commonplace that there is no time do anything but careen onwards from one nightmarish act to the next.

This is how evil looks when it is thrashing about in a final, desperate attempt to maintain its foothold on Earth. As a result, susceptible human-beings are being influenced to commit the most heinous crimes imaginable.

During this time of the end, it becomes even more important for those who are on the Path of Return to distance and disassociate themselves from these proceedings. If one gets caught up in the ongoing horror, one runs the risk of becoming attached to outcomes and circumstances. This can serve to arrest one's progress and may leave him rooted to the spot, paralyzed by fear and anxiety, unable to move.

Recognize that this is how it always is at the end of a major world-cycle. Evil will have its day, as the sheep are being separated from the goats. Through it all, one must maintain one's objective detachment. Remain a neutral observer. Do not allow these events to bring you down or dampen your resolve. Let them pass you by, like petals blowing in the wind.

~ g

Delay Not

Man should not assume that he has an eternity to choose the Path of Return ~ g

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As to those who are indifferent, thinking that they have many births before them and need not hasten, the Master bids the disciples:

"Preach ye unto the whole world, saying unto men: 'Strive together that ye may receive the Mysteries of Light in this time of stress, and enter into the Kingdom of Light. Put not off from day to day, and from cycle to cycle, in the belief that ye will succeed in obtaining the Mysteries when ye return to the world in another cycle.

"Such men know not when the number of Perfect Souls [shall be filled up]; for when the number of Perfect Souls has been completed, I will then shut the Gates of Light, and from that time none will be able to come thereby, nor will any go forth thereafter, for the number of Perfect Souls shall be completed, and the mystery of the First Mystery be perfected -- the mystery by which all hath come into existence, and I am that Mystery.

"From that hour no one shall any more enter into the Light, and none shall come forth, in that the time of the number of Perfect Souls shall be fulfilled, before I set fire to the world, that it may purify the aeon, and veils, the firmaments, and the whole world, and also all the matters that are still in it, the race of humankind being still upon it.

"At that time then, the Faith shall show itself more and more, and also the Mysteries in those days And many souls shall pass through the cycles of transmigrations of body and come back into the world in those days; and among them shall be some who are now alive and hear Me teach concerning the consummation of the number of Perfect Souls, [and in those days] they shall find the Mysteries of Light and shall receive them. They shall mount up to the Gates of Light, and shall find that the number of Perfect Souls is complete, which is the Consummation of the First Mystery and the Gnosis of the Pleroma; they will find that I have shut the Gates of Light, and that from that hour no one can come in or go forth thereby.

"Those souls will then cry within through the Gates of Light, saying: 'Master, open unto us.' And I will answer unto them, saying, 'I know not whence you are'. And they will say unto Me, 'We have received the Mysteries, and we have fulfilled all Thy doctrine; Thou didst teach us on the High Ways.' And I will answer unto them, saying: 'I know not who ye are, ye who have practiced iniquity and evil even unto this day. Wherefore go [hence] into the Outer Darkness, where there is weeping and gnashing of teeth."

The Christ, speaking through Jesus, discourses with His disciples, eleven years after the Resurrection - The Pistis Sophia / The Books of The Savior - translated by George.R.S. Mead

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Too little, too late.

Be reminded that the Banquet has been prepared. The Bridegroom awaits. The Doors to the Hall of Eternity have been thrown wide open. Come all who may, for when the Banquet Hall has been filled, these Doors shall close.

~ g
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From Suffering To Seeking

[QUOTING]

People generally protest against suffering, and the world does everything possible to neutralize and alleviate it. But for most people, suffering is the only method of making the nature-born consciousness, which is governed and colored by a wicked and undeveloped soul-state, realize that something is wrong. For the soul-state overshadows and controls the entire personality, the whole being.

Anyone who has gone through Experience -- and everyone does that in the nature-of-death -- will begin Seeking sooner or later. As soon as the Seeking life begins, the person concerned ought to begin, in the heart, to struggle against the soul-state. The moment he does so, all kinds of voices will speak to him, reactions to all the radiations and influences which until that time played a role in the heart-sanctuary and thus are on the same level as the natural soul-state. Initially, all those voices urge the candidate to try out various social, political, ethical or natural-religious experiments, with which the world is full and which are intended to make him realize the ultimate pointlessness of all efforts on the dialectical level.

And so it will come about, whether after ten years or a thousand years, or even after a sidereal year*, that a person becomes mature enough for his life to take a different direction. Then the moment dawns when gnostic reason begins to speak to him, to a certain extent. It points in the Only Direction that can lead to a solution to all problems, the direction of the soul-state, the state of the heart.

* The 25,920 years that it takes for the Sun to cycle through all twelve signs of the zodiac. Also known as the Platonic Year and/or The Great Year.

From "The Alteration of the Soul-State" The Egyptian Arch-Gnosis, Vol. 4 - Jan van Rijckenborgh

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One cannot be forced to walk the Path, even after one has become aware of its existence. No one is ready until they are ready. If there are things of this world that still hold one's attention, that one will find it difficult to let go and begin walking a path of I-demolition and self-surrender. This is why detachment is such an important part of the Path.

The Cup of Experience must be quaffed down to the last drop. One must become completely sick and tired of being sick and tired. Both the material-sphere and the reflection-sphere have to have lost their glamour and allure before a Seeker will turn away and begin to yearn for a way out. Usually, the only way for a person to reach this nadir is through a lengthy and fruitless "pursuit of happiness".

Suffering plays a key role in this. Through constant disappointment, pain and sorrow, man is persistently beaten down and made to know that "You cannot win this game, O man. The game is tightly rigged and it is rigged against you". Man sees this truth but refuses to believe that it is so. Thus, he continues to beat his head against the stone wall of earth-life, suffering, suffering, suffering; hoping all the while that "This time, things will turn out differently!".

As van Rijckenborgh states, it may take a longer or shorter period of time, but at some point, a person will weary of the shell game known as earth-life. Perhaps at that point, in desperation and surrender, the heart will cry out for Liberation from this nature-order. Then the Gnosis will come to greet him or her.

Until then, suffer.

~ g
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Seven Key Principles

The following are excerpted from The Hermetic Kybalion ~ g

I. The Principle of Mentalism

"The ALL is Mind; The Universe is Mental."

II. The Principle of Correspondence

"As above, so below; as below, so above."

III. The Principle of Vibration

"Nothing rests; everything moves; everything vibrates."

IV. The Principle of Polarity

"Everything is Dual; everything has poles; everything has its pair of opposites; Like and Unlike are the Same; opposites are identical in nature, but different in degree; extremes meet; all truths are but half-truths; all paradoxes may be reconciled."

V. The Principle of Rhythm

"Everything flows, out and in. Everything has its tides; all things rise and fall; the pendulum-swing manifests in everything; the measure of the swing to the right is the measure of the swing to the left; rhythm compensates."

VI. The Principle of Cause and Effect

"Every Cause has its Effect; every Effect has its Cause; everything happens according to Law; Chance is but a name for Law not recognized; there are many planes of Causation, but nothing escapes the Law."

VII. The Principle of Gender

"Gender is in everything; everything has its Masculine and Feminine Principles; Gender manifests on all planes."

These are seven very important principles. They are explained in further detail in the above link. It would be helpful for the Seeker to understand these principles. Here is a bit from the section on the Principle of Vibration:

"This Principle explains that the differences between different manifestations of Matter, Energy, Mind, and even Spirit, result largely from varying rates of Vibration. From THE ALL, which is Pure Spirit, down to the grossest form of Matter, all is in vibration–the higher the vibration, the higher the position in the scale. The vibration of Spirit is at such an infinite rate of intensity and rapidity that it is practically at rest–just as a rapidly moving wheel seems to be motionless. And at the other end of the scale, there are gross forms of matter whose vibrations are so low as to seem at rest. Between these poles, there are millions upon millions of varying degrees of vibration."

Recommended.

~ g
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Re: The Concept Of A 'Trapped' Microcosm

The following comment was contributed by ~m in response to a May 22 post.

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The concept of a ‘trapped’ microcosm is so simple and straightforward but the real implications of the conundrum are always just a whisker away from being understood. It is never something that can be understood by ‘I’ because the very acknowledgment negates the existence of ‘I’ and nobody's ‘ego’ will permit its own annihilation. This is not something that can be intellectually grasped, that is why the concept has been gently revealed to us in parables and prose since the dawn of mankind.

The concept of the trapped microcosm is beautifully illustrated in Richard Bach’s book ‘Illusion – The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah”

The Master answered and said, “Once there lived a village of creatures along the bottom of a great crystal river.

12. “The current of the river swept silently over them all - young and old, rich and poor, good and evil, the current going its own way, knowing only its own crystal self.

13. “Each creature in its own manner clung tightly to the twigs and rocks of the river bottom, for clinging was their way of life, and resisting the current what each had learned from birth.

14. “But one creature said at last, ‘I am tired of clinging. Though I cannot see it with my eyes, I trust that the current knows where it is going. I shall let go, and let it take me where it will. Clinging, I shall die of boredom.’

15. “The other creatures laughed and said, ‘Fool! Let go, and that current you worship will throw you tumbled and smashed across the rocks, and you will die quicker than boredom!’

16. “But the one heeded them not, and taking a breath did let go, and at once was tumbled and smashed by the current across the rocks.

17. “Yet in time, as the creature refused to cling again, the current lifted him free from the bottom, and he was bruised and hurt no more.

18. “And the creatures downstream, to whom he was a stranger, cried, ‘See a miracle! A creature like ourselves, yet he flies! See the Messiah, come to save us all!’

19. “And the one carried in the current said, ‘I am no more Messiah than you. The river delights to lift us free, if only we dare let go. Our true work is this voyage, this adventure.’

20. “But they cried the more, ‘Saviour!’ all the while clinging to the rocks, and when they looked again he was gone, and they were left alone making legends of a Saviour.”

Sometimes we just have to let go.

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Thanks, ~m.

~ g
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Like Sheep Among Wolves

“We lead a life hard and wandering. We fly from town to town like sheep among wolves. We suffer persecution like the Apostles and Martyrs, yet our life is holy and austere. These things are not difficult, for we are no longer of this world.”

-- attributed to the Cathar bons hommes and bonnes femmes  of medieval Languedoc, 13th century, Southern France

The above is no less true today than it was 800 years ago. The present-day Servers of the Divine Plan of Salvation also operate in enemy territory. The world-at-large is at the height of I-centrality, where the physical self is celebrated and the I-being is exalted. A large percentage of the planet is led by the mantra "Love Yourself" instead of The Golden Rule reiterated to mankind by the Christ, which is to "Love Thy Neighbor As You Love Yourself".

The message being brought to the world during this ending-cycle is once again battling to be heard. Like the salmon that must swim upstream to reach its spawning ground, so must today's Carriers of the Flame struggle against the populist tide of I-consciousness that has enveloped the world.

Those Who Serve take no notice of this difficulty. Deep within them lies the realization that these things must be so. With a dedication born of remembrance and with compassion for their fallen brethren who labor still in darkness, these ones will continue to clear a path through the wilderness, easing the way forward for those who follow.

For those who have located The Path of the True Way, there is no other duty more important. While still in the body, we must continue to serve humanity while remaining not of this world.

~ g
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To Be A Cathar

"The training to become an Ancient or Parfait was long and arduous and made more difficult by persecution. First there was a two-year period during which they were taught to gather herbs and learn their application to different illnesses, how to store them and to make decoctions of their essential oils. They were taught to observe the stars and the ways of animals and insects: in short, to observe Nature with a trained eye. They learned practical skills: how to weave, how to sow and reap crops, how to build simple houses. They did not eat meat, milk products or eggs but could eat fish. They were celibate once they had embarked on the training for priesthood but before this they married and had children.

After the two-year apprenticeship, they had to survive a forty day fast on bread and water before being accepted into the second state of preparation during which they were taught the secret lore of plants, metals and stones as well as the sciences of mathematics, astronomy and music – all this in addition to a thorough knowledge of the sacred texts of their church. These are known to have included a text called The Secret Book of John as well as the Gospel of John and another text called “The Book of Love” which was said to have been written by Jesus or Mary Magdalene and given to John and whose existence was revealed to the Inquisitors when they tortured the unfortunate people who fell into their hands.

There was also said to have been another equally treasured book called The Secret Supper or Interrogatio Iohannis (The Questions of John). During this initial period of training they wore black or dark blue robes. As the final part of their training, they were prepared as priests and taught how to administer the supreme rite of the Cathar Church that was called the Consolamentum. They administered the rite of Baptism to adults, not to infants, following the ritual they claimed to have been established by Christ’s Apostles. For these ceremonies, they wore white robes.

They travelled round the countryside in pairs, helping people in whatever way they seemed to need it: assisting the peasant with his harvest, the weaver with his cloth, the children with their education, the sick and dying with healing and comfort. They healed by the method of laying on hands. Known as “bonshommes” and “bonnes femmes” they were welcomed by peasant and lord alike because they were gentle and trustworthy and because their presence brought relief from suffering, whether physical or mental. Their aim was to put each man in touch with his own soul, to help him to trust the inner guidance of the Spirit rather than the outer authority of the Catholic Church, but they also taught people to develop new practical skills such as weaving, to read the scriptures and to improve the physical conditions of their lives.

They believed in reincarnation and in the soul’s progressive enlightenment after death. They discouraged but did not forbid the procreation of children, believing the world as it was, was a prison for the soul. They rejected the feudal system where authority rested with the Church and the feudal overlord. They rejected war and killing. They rejected the patriarchal system which debased and devalued women and could even raise the question of whether they had a soul. Not surprisingly, they were a powerful threat to the institution of the Papacy. Yet, even Bernard of Clairvaux, founder of the Cistercian Order, when he was sent by the Pope to preach against the heresy, could find no fault with their way of life."

From Esclarmonde de Foix - Her Story

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The Great Universal Mystery - Same Yesterday As Today

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It is said that Krishna, like Jesus the Lord, was born of a virgin. He was born in a cave or a stable, and his birth, just like that of Jesus, was announced by a star. Krishna's birth was also followed by a slaughter of infants, intended to remove him from the face of the earth, and he too accomplished miraculous healings.

He shed his blood for mankind, and, like Jesus, is depicted hanging on a cross. He also descended into hell, rose again from the dead, and ascended into heaven. Both names -- Krishna and Christ -- have the same meaning. Christ was called the Good Shepherd, Krishna, the Shepherd. Krishna was also tempted by Satan and, like Jesus, he experienced transfiguration. He, too, preached a Sermon on the Mount and played an important role in miraculous catches of fish. Just as Jesus received the homage of Mary Magdalene, a harlot, so we read of a similar case in regard to Krishna.

In fact, so may comparisons can be drawn between the two that any suggestions that the similarity is purely coincidental can be dismissed as absurd. The superficial view that the gospels were borrowed from ancient writings must also be rejected definitely by anyone who has the slightest idea of esoteric matters.

Only one conclusion is actually possible: that throughout the ages just one unchanging message has been transmitted to mankind. This one unchangeable Message of Light can only change in color and form, in concept and vibration, when dialectical man, though in good faith, is unable to penetrate to the correct understanding of it and nevertheless wants to take up this Message of Light and pass it on to others.

One of the first tasks of any pupil of a bona fide Spiritual School is to free himself completely from every racial, national or cultural religious affiliation. The pupil may not be specifically Eastern- or Western-oriented; his foundation must rest upon the Universal, the Divine Word itself. To such a pupil it will be granted to discover and understand every great World Teacher as being "the same yesterday and today". He will then never be lacking in respect and gratitude to such a Teacher, whoever that Teacher may be.

If you experience your Christianity in this way, you will always be a universalist and never a sectarian. You will then be open to the great influx of Divine Grace which surrounds this fallen world in loving concern. This Divine Grace offers you the possibility to understand something of the mysteries of Krishna, so that you may then experience these mysteries inwardly, just as you experience the mysteries of Christ. We fervently hope that you will understand these words in every fiber of your being.

The Great Universal Mystery is based on the fact that there is a possibility for every human-being to lift himself out of the mire of nature and sin, and return to the Immovable, Imperishable Kingdom. That is the One Fundamental Mystery: the primary nucleus around which everything else revolves. Of what use would all the Divine sublimity and glory be to fallen man if there were no possibility, no opportunity to elevate himself to this Mystery?

It is therefore our intention to speak to you about this Universal Mystery, so that we may discover it together and see it clearly before us. If we succeed in this, the Way of Salvation will be open to you and we shall have accomplished our Task, for then you will be linked with the most Imperishable Treasure that can be offered to you here.

From "The Mysteries of Krishna" The Great Revolution - Jan van Rijckenborgh and Catharose De Petri

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The Message is always the same, differing only in how it is presented to mankind. Depending on the stage of human development, the Gnosis is brought to humanity in a manner that can be understood by the mankind of that era.

You may not realize it now but some day, or in some future life, you will grasp the truth, which is that we are here on earth in order to accomplish a Single Purpose: Liberation from Matter. For as long as it takes, the Sons of the Fire will continue to incarnate here, teaching and shedding their blood for mankind, until all who are fallen have been raised up.

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Links In The Chain

The Gnosis is with us always. Even in the darkest periods of mankind's many epochs, this Divine Flame is kept alive on the earth-plane by those whose job it is to maintain this Link with the Divine Kingdom.

Every major earth-cycle follows the same pattern. It begins with a purified astral atmosphere, which humanity can take advantage of to begin walking the transfiguristic path. It is during these early stages that Divine Helpers are sent to earth to assist mankind in walking the Path. All ancient cultures have "myths" that tell of a time when "the gods walked amongst men".

As a cycle progresses to its nadir, humanity becomes less and less spiritual. Mankind, through wrong-thinking, begins to create aeons which gradually grow in power and influence. These aeons eventually begin to rule the minds of men. The Divine Helpers withdraw, partially because the astral atmosphere of the earth is no longer hospitable to beings of an incredibly high vibration and partly because of the realization that it is now time for man to learn from another Teacher: the Effects that will result from his erroneous Causes.

The descent continues. Man stumbles blindly in the dark. The Path of Return is forgotten and the Gnosis becomes an anathema in this nature-order. Perversion and error dominate the hearts and minds of men. Anything that attempts to alert man to the doctrine of the two nature-orders or to the possibility of permanent escape from the earth-planes (Liberation) is hunted down and summarily destroyed, with prejudice.

It is during these times that the caretakers of the Gnosis go underground. The mystery schools and gnostic brotherhoods pull up the drawbridge, shutting their doors to the profane, like the petals of a flower closing at twilight.

This is not an act of abandonment. Those few who continue to seek The Way will always be found and will always be helped. This is simply about preservation of the earthly outposts of the Gnosis so that seeking mankind will have a place to turn, even when times have reached a point of Godlessnes.

Predictably, man's persistent error eventually pollutes the astral atmosphere so much that the chances for microcosms to locate and walk the Path of Return greatly diminishes. It is then that a cosmic revolution takes place, a cyclic cleansing of this nature-order that returns the subtle spheres of the earth-plane to a pristine state. At some point during the cleansing, a harvest is gathered of all those who have followed the Good Law. These ones represent the Remnant who are always moved to a protected location prior to any cataclyms. The refection-sphere is purified and a new cycle begins. The Divine Teachers are able to return once more and assist the Remnant in their development towards godhood.

Age after age, the pattern never changes

During man's recent history, the past 12,500 years or so, the following groups or divine personalities have made their appearance on the world stage and devoted their efforts to maintaining the earthly link to the Chain of Universal Brotherhoods. Some of the names:

Krishna
Lao Tzu
Akhenaton
The Druids
The Buddha
The Essenes
Jesus, The Christ
The Manicheans
The Bogomils
The Waldenses
The Cathars
The Templars
The Classical Rosicrucians

There were many, many more. Be they Persian, Hindu, Chinese, Mayan, Aztec or Native American, these brotherhoods existed in all countries, at all times. God does not forsake the work of His hands.

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Window of Opportunity

 

The key to the ending of this major world-cycle is that a window of opportunity has been opened for those who want to catch a ride on the express train back to the Divine Kingdom. It is recognized that billions of years of development lie ahead for all fallen human life-waves. However, there comes a period in every cycle of time, both major and minor, where the Logos decrees that a vibrational "bridge" be lowered from the 6^th Cosmic Domain to the 7^th Cosmic Domain, the physical universe. This bridge constitutes a stepped-down Divine vibration that will allow those personalities who are cognizant of the Opportunity to take advantage of the Grace of an Age. By voluntarily going the Path of Return during this special period of time many seeking entities will be able to more easily “cross-over” into the New Life Field, the Divine Kingdom.

 

Of course, the physical human-being cannot make this transition. That is why the process of transfiguration exists, in order to help the seeker build a New Soul body that will be able to vibrate at the frequency required to thrive in the 6th.  

 

Earthly scientists, with their speculations and their formulas, approach this revelation when they discuss “wormholes” and “parallel universes”. Because they rely, full of pride. on their own mental ratiocinations with no regard for the revelations provided by the Gnosis, their conclusions leave them dumbfounded and confused. They know that, in theory, these things must be but cannot fully explain how or why. This is why Science, when separated from Religion will always be only half-right (and vice-versa). In the New Earth that is now being born, that division will be eliminated. Science and Religion will reunite as equal partners, to the benefit of all mankind.

The reason most of us are incarnate at this time is because we have not taken advantage of past windows. Well, the Ark has returned once again, and it is now boarding.

Try not to miss the boat this time.

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Divine Fission

We all have an idea of how nuclear fission works. Man splits the atom and there is a great release of energy. Every atom in the All-Manifestation encloses within a tremendous power. It is said that there are nine levels or aspects of this power within physical atoms. The phenomenon of the nuclear explosion is the manifestation of only one of these aspects.

From the foregoing, one can get an idea of how much latent energy is stored within the physical atom. If man were ever to discover how to release the bonds of the other eight aspects...one shudders to think of the consequences.

As Below, So Above.

The Divine Spark located in the center of the microcosm of every spirit-spark human-being also carries within it a tremendous, unreleased Power. If this Power can be released in a systematic and controlled way, the end result of this unfolding will be the reestablishment or rebirth of the Divine Personality. Our microcosm lost the ability to manifest this Divine Personality when it fell from its high estate.

It is the aim of the Path of Return to awaken this Power properly, in order to not adversely affect the candidate. If this Path is followed to its completion in faith, humility and self-surrender, the result will be what was referred to by the Cathars as the "the Good End". The transfiguration of the soul will become a reality.

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The Secret Of The Holy Grail

What is the Holy Grail that men have searched so long for? Where can be found this priceless and mysterious treasure sought by knights of yore? What is the secret of its Glory?

The Holy Grail is said to be the cup used to capture the blood of the Christ after His side was pierced by a Roman lance. That is the exoteric explanation. As always, when we are dealing with things of this nature, there is an outer explanation and inner one. The inner explanation is as follows:

As the physical Grail Cup is a chalice used to capture the blood of the Christ, the human heart, when the Divine-Spark has been awakened and the heart has become receptive to the Gnosis, is a chalice of blood that captures the Divine radiations of the Christ, thereby purifying that blood.

That is your Holy Grail.

Remember that the Christ is not a man that lived two thousand years ago. The Christ is a Divine radiation that was received by a man two thousand years ago, enabling that Man to do great things, things that will become the birthright of all those who follow the example of living that He demonstrated for mankind.

All Spirit-spark human-beings carry within them a Grail Cup. For the vast majority, this Cup is empty. For those who make the radical life-change required to receive the Divine radiation, this Cup will overflow, purifying first the blood, then the Soul.

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The Buried Jewel

If you take a diamond and place it in the light of the Sun, you will see it sparkle and gleam, its many facets refracting the pure white light of the Sun into brilliant and diverse colors.

 

Now take that same diamond and bury it under ten feet of earth. The Sun is still present and giving off its Light but that Light is diffused and blocked from reaching the diamond by several feet of soil. Because the Sun’s rays penetrate everything, in theory, the diamond is still receiving the Light. However, due to its condition of entombment, it cannot react as before.

 

It is the same with the Spirit-spark entity, the fallen Original Heavenly Man. We still carry the Divine Spark of God in the center of our microcosms. Within us lives that part of The Unknowable One from which we emanated long eternities ago. Unfortunately, in many Spirit-spark entities, the Divine Atom, the Jewel in the Lotus, is unable to respond to the radiations of Light, unable to receive and reflect the full power of the Gnosis because it is buried and obscured by the heavy vibrations of this dark, physical realm.

 

We must claw away at the “soil” that has buried our Diamond. We must do what is  necessary to expose our Spirit-spark once again to the Light. We do this by making the decision to turn away from that which is offered to us by the material world. We do this by gaining insight into the gnostic Path of Rebirth. We do this by surrendering the “I”, placing the needs of our I-being in the background, while doing all that we can to address the needs of our fallen brothers and sisters. By rendering Service to others, we perform God’s work in the realm of the Fallen. In effect, we become God’s hands, feet, eyes and ears on Earth, which has been the Plan all along. 

 

We can return to our former Divine state only when we make the decision to renounce the world and all the matter therein. It will not be by words that this decision is made, but by deeds. We must put our hands to the plow and live the Path chosen. Only then will our Diamond sparkle and gleam once more. Only then will the bridge between Heaven and Earth be restored.

 

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Bits And Pieces

What Leads One To Seek Gnosis

"When persons no longer find satisfaction in the whirls of the worldly life and when exoteric religion, science, and art no longer have any fascination for them, do not give them any consolation anymore amidst the harassments of their earthly ties, when they reach this point that they are as consumed by an almost desperate longing, an intense nostalgia for True life, that they truly begin to seek with all the power that is within them, then it is certain that they will get in touch with the force field of a Mystery School. These persons gain consciousness of an entirely new Life Reality. A tender ray of Light pierces the night of their existence and touches their heart, connects itself to their being, and stimulates their will to reach a still Unknown Goal."

The Path

"What is called “the Path” is not only a symbolic term for the way a pupil can go to reach the Liberating New Life, but also a supreme reality. The Path begins at the moment when the pupil is struck by the radiation-force of the Holy Spirit and, led by it, sets out on his journey. Such a pupil becomes increasingly “filled” with the Holy Spirit. This means that as he advances on the Path, the radiation-power increases. It becomes his guiding star to Bethlehem."

The "Other One"

"Many people have always thought that the resurrection of the natural body in a glorified state is possible. However, the Divine Sentence that was passed on this body is an irrefutable fact. The natural body will be disintegrated, never to rise again. There is a different “dead man” to be awakened, One who has been “dead” within us for eons past, namely, the True Man with his Heavenly vehicles, the citizen of the Kingdom of Heaven."

Transfiguration

"You who wish to accomplish transfiguration within yourself must undertake an alchemical process of transmutation."

Sobriety

“O obstinate soul, be sober and shake off your drunkenness, which is the work of Ignorance. If you are obstinate and live in the body, you dwell in a boorish condition. When you entered into a bodily birth, you were begotten. When you were born again, you came to be inside the Bridal Chamber, and you were illuminated in Mind.”

-  Silvanus
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